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Current mood:  awake
Days of the new is working again. Recently i have taken the time to work with a bass player and a drummer. We are Currently booking shows for spring as a trio. I may also do solo shows. I am now in the process of using different resources to portray different images of the music. Last summer I did over 30 solo shows and they were a success.Where I feel the success was strong was, each album I will write the song on acoustic guitar alone with intense feeling, vision and sonic direction. Last summer I expressed these strengths in the raw. Jan '27 days of the new performed for the first time as a trio playing an hour and a half with 9 songs in Tampa Fl. at the Gaspirilla Festival. This event I took an approach of doing a smaller version of nuances of songs flowing into each other fluidly.Meaning I have intentions of actually doing a bigger complex intense set at future events. Songs like "Touch,peel and stand" and "Weapon and the Wound" where over 11 minutes long.This was also a success. My goal as an artist is to have all outlets of sonic sound live. It has been very disciplining having such a large sound with just an acoustic guitar and battling to stay true to the life and vision it demands. I may add orchestra to portray that image of what I hear or world instruments or Female Vocals. But I have found that what it is I truely hear is an Acoustic Orchestra. The intimacy of the acoustic guitar keeps me alive and breaths my soul out into the world, so finding the beauty in the simplicity of the acoustic guitar yet how complex the instrument portrays to the ear has been a journey. Recently the sound has been much like my first album (orange) ,the writing like Dancing with the wind on (Red) and the album vision like (green) with the story behind the music , the visual feel and emotion, the "Rock Opera" comparison. Future shows I am working with portraying this sound imagery live with the trio (Bass and drums). I have taken most of the material and have givin it current life. Meaning , I am continuing to develop the old music to fit where I feel I am today or just simply where I am today. Some songs I will rehearse or perform and find that the particular song itself just needs that original song writing vibe and attention. This isnt easy. I find myself struggling to play some of the old material at times because of the way I felt performing them in the past. I struggle to persevere through these obsticles and find myself growing and healing unimaginably. Every ounce of my energy is placed and excercised with all of the musical material (the songs). I find myself getting anxious with the new and impatient with the old. But when I find or refind the songs and melody's it is like being reborn again through the song. So if you are coming out to see a show , this is what I'll be portraying and expressing. Whether you see what I am projecting or not is up to you.
Creating the vision of my project has been a journey within itself. Travis S. Meeks : Days of the New
10:44 AM
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